The Honorable
John Colyer QC questioned what Americans are doing to remedy the problems,
“This has been enormously bad publicity not only for America but for democracy”
he observed. Professor Kreimer responded, “Given the hard feelings that
came out of this election, I doubt any change will occur in the next decade
because of political repercussions that are still being played out.” Professor
Scheppele added, “There was supposed to be a political ending to this story
by throwing the question to Congress, but the Supreme Court gave it a judicial
ending.” After a black tie dinner held at Philadelphia’s historic Union
League, the weekend events wrapped up with a visit to the nearby Barnes
Foundation galleries to view the largest collection of Impressionist art
collected outside of Europe. The next gathering of PLES will take place
in June 2002 in Berlin, Germany.